Visit the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Oranienburg near Berlin
Visiting the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial and museums in Oranienburg on a day trip is easy by train, bus, or guided tour from Berlin. KZ Sachsenhausen is the closest major former Nazi concentration camp to Berlin. It is an interesting day trip from Berlin to Oranienburg to see this notorious site. The memorial site is … Read more
Visit the Natural History Museum in Berlin
The Museum für Naturkunde (Natural History) in Berlin has the tallest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world, a primeval bird fossil, and polar bear Knut as top attractions in addition to many fascinating displays. As part of the Humboldt University, many of the items in the Museum of Natural History in Berlin are for studying … Read more
How to Buy Tickets for the Passion Play Oberammergau 2022
Tickets for the Oberammergau Passionsspiele 2022 (Passion Play postponed from 2020) are available as part of tour groups, package deals with hotel stays, and individual play-only tickets. → → The next Oberammergau Passion Play is planned for 2030. Tickets for the Passion Play Oberammergau 2022 are on sale in a similar format than was used … Read more
See German Sculptures in the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin
Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for an exhibition of the 19th-century German sculptures of the Alte Nationalgalerie. The brick neo-gothic Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin provides a spectacular setting for the Ideal and Form permanent exhibition of 19th-century sculptures by artists associated with the Berliner Bildhauerschule (Berlin school of sculptors). Around 50 works are on … Read more
Visit the Anne Frank Zentrum Berlin (Museum Documentation Center)
Visit Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin to learn more about the life of the famous diarist in a small museum / documentation center. The Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin is a small documentation center and museum dedicated to the life of Anne Frank, as well as an education center to increase understanding and tolerance. The … Read more
2022: Top Special Exhibitions in the Museum of Photography in Berlin
Helmut Newton’s Legacy and Hollywood, Candida Höfer, and photos for children are the main exhibitions in the Museum of Photography in Berlin in 2022. In 2022, the Museum of Photography (Museum for Fotografie) in Berlin will present a retrospective of the legacy of Helmut Newton in celebration of his centenary. It will be followed by … Read more
Transportation to Nuremberg (Nürnberg) in Bavaria, Germany
Getting to Nuremberg (Nürnberg) in the Franconia region (Franken) in Bavaria (Bayern) is easy by car, plane, or train.
2021: Special Vermeer Paintings Exhibition in Dresden, Germany
Johannes Vermeer: On Reflection is a special exhibition of ten paintings by the Dutch master in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany, from September 2021 to January 2022.
See the Rhine Waterfalls (Rheinfall) at Schaffhausen, Switzerland
The Rheinfall near Schaffhausen on the Swiss-German border is Europe’s largest waterfalls and a popular day-trip destination from Zurich and Lake Constance. Europe’s largest waterfalls are in the Rhine River (Rhein) near the town Schaffhausen on the Swiss-German border. The Rhine Falls (Rheinfall) area is a very popular day-trip destination from Zurich and the Lake … Read more
Visit the Piccolomini Library (Libreria Piccolomini) in Siena Cathedral
The Piccolomini Library (Libreria Piccolomini) inside Siena Cathedral is a colorful Renaissance highlight in the otherwise predominantly Romanesque-Gothic Duomo. The Piccolomini Library is in a single hall accessible only from inside the cathedral of Siena. Although a number of significant codices are on display, the main reason to visit is to admire the colorful frescoes … Read more
Buying Tickets and Tours for Siena Cathedral Complex (Duomo) in Tuscany
Tickets and tours for the Siena Cathedral (Duomo) complex with the church, baptistery, crypt, museums, and viewing platforms are cheapest onsite but best bought online in advance. The Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Siena is one of the finest churches in Italy. Its black-green and white stripy exterior is famous but its interior … Read more
See Top Vintage and Historic Cars at the Villa d’Este Concourse d’Elegance on Lake Como in Italy
The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on Lake Como in Italy is a top Concourse d’Elegance event for showing elegant vintage and historic cars in Europe. Each May, automobile enthusiasts may admire some of the most elegant vintage and historic cars and motorcycles in existence at the annual Concours d’Elegance Villa d’Este held on the banks … Read more
See the Magdeburger Reiter (Magdeburg Rider) Equestrian Statue
The mid-13th-century Magdeburger Reiter (Horseman of Magdeburg) in Germany was the first freestanding full-size equestrian statue made since classical antiquity and north of the Alps. The Magdeburger Reiter, originally installed on the market square in Magdeburg but now inside the local museum, depicts a horseman accompanied by two female figures. It was the first large … Read more
Visit the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Local History) in Magdeburg
The original medieval Magdeburger Reiter equestrian sculpture is the main attraction in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (art and history) in Magdeburg, Germany. The original mid-13th-century Magdeburger Reiter (Magdeburg Rider, also Horseman of Magdeburg) is the main attraction of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Further exhibits in this small local history and art museum include paintings by Lucas Cranach, … Read more
Visit the Dom zu Magdeburg — the Oldest Gothic Cathedral in Germany
Visit the Dom zu Magdeburg to see the first and oldest Gothic cathedral built in Germany and medieval sculptures. The Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Catharine in Magdeburg (Dom zu Magdeburg St. Mauritius und Katharina) in Saxony Anhalt is the oldest Gothic cathedral in Germany and one of the largest churches in the eastern parts … Read more
2021 Berlin State Museums: Special Temporary Exhibitions and Cultural Highlights
In 2021, the Berlin State Museums will host special temporary art exhibitions in addition to the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Humboldt Forum. The cultural highlights in Berlin in 2021 are the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie with its vast collection of twentieth-century art and the opening of the Ethnological and Asian Art … Read more
Visit the Dom zu Halberstadt with Cathedral Treasury (Domschatz) in Germany
Visit the gothic Dom zu Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt to see one of the best and most important medieval cathedral treasuries (Domschatz) in Germany. The Dom St. Stephanus und St. Sixtus (Cathedral of St Stephen and St Sixtus) in Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt is one of the finest French gothic churches in Germany. However, it is most … Read more
Visit the Dom St Nikolaus in Stendal to See Stained-Glass Windows
Visit the Dom St Nikolaus (St Nicholas) in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, to see one of the largest ensembles of medieval stained-glass windows in Germany. The brick-gothic Dom St Nikolaus (Cathedral of St Nicolas) in Stendal is famous for its large collection of 15th-century stained-glass windows. Although never actually a cathedral, it was a collegiate church before … Read more
See Stendal’s Brick Gothic and Romanesque Town Gate Towers
The brick Gothic Uenglinger Tor and Romanesque Tangermünder Tor are two beautiful medieval town gate towers in Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Only two of Hansestadt Stendal’s medieval town gate towers survived but both are exceptionally beautiful: the brick Gothic Uenglinger Tor is the better looking but the Tangermünder Tor with early 13th-century Romanesque base is … Read more
Visit the Jacobikirche in Stendal to See Medieval Art and Stained-Glass Windows
The St. Jacobikirche (St James) in Stendal is a brick Gothic hall church with magnificent medieval art and the oldest stained-glass windows in Northern Germany. Stendal is the largest town in the Altmark region of northern Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It was relatively rich during the late Middle Ages and benefited from being a garrison town … Read more